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if you have a long history of watching darker murder and detective dramas, it's nothing special

It's not your thing. I was dropping it after 3 ep's too but it's now my treadmill watching. it doesn't get any better regardless of whether he's a good guy or not. Just an average murder and detective drama.

no.

I don't think IU, Suzy, Sooyang, Yoona, Bona, to name but a few, are any worse, on the contrary. It's all about talent. Entertainment industry is performance training and the distinction between "real" actor training and idol training doesn't really make sense when looking at actual role performances. Much of what is professionality is learned on the job. Also, I'm not so keen on Park Ju Hyun, sorry, I keep wanting Kim Hye Yoon to be in her place.

Love this drama and it's painful to wait for the next episode to air. Only one thing I don't like, the fake kisses. KYD really sets the screen on fire. That's prob the reason for the nomination for the KBS best couple award. But it's too early days for that. In Shooting Stars, I remember KYD having had real kisses in the scenes where he was shooting films. Fake kisses w. Lee Sung Kyung. LSK crumpled her face before the kiss, so obvious she had a problem. Kissing shouldn't be such a big deal, imo, it's part of the profession. Okay, end of the rant.

screentime increases significantly around 8th episode.

don't be turned off by the low rating, this drama is hilarious! Slow-burn, simmering, ticklish funny. It doesn't represent any established genre. Completely unpredictable! Great acting. Nothing is boring or random or filler, just very entertaining.

agreed

Have seen most but would not necessary recommend any others than 6, 11, 14 and Narco-Saints which is a 6 hour film.

essential and only getting better. Watching Unlock My Boss and On the Verge of Insanity atm.

the French original has 3 seasons

I watched the French original, all 3 seasons. But it took me 5 minutes to realize that French culture doesn't translate to Korea. 5 minutes and drop. Remakes only make sense if they are completely rewritten, like Prison Playbook. Reviewers say this wasn't even adapted to Korean entertainment industry (thanks reviewers!). I thought the guest actors might be interesting, but it's not Korean culture for actors to act like larger-than-life divas, is it. Anyways, I really enjoyed original k-dramas The Producers as well as Shooting Stars. Despite their shortcomings, I felt they were quite realistic and not without spikiness. When k-drama is itself the highest level, why do remakes....

I like Siwan-Seolhyun couple so much. Adorable and beautiful souls coming together. Great to watch. Healing, comforting drama. It's very difficult to wait for a week. BTW tried to add the tag slow burn romance bc this is exactly what this is, but it was turned down. I don't think genre & style tags should require an external source. Tagging is site-specific.

agree. her acting is really weird. Stoneface and aloof. I don't know what she meant to express but it's clearly at odds with how the character was supposed to be. If she didn't have enough dialogue she should have doubled the effort for emotional expression.

This is stunningly good. So well written. I liked Misaeng alot, I liked Hot Stove League a lot, but this is even better.

Summer Strike is so wonderful, came here and noticed she has directed many of my all-time favorites!

awesome! love this pairing

Totally love this. Funny and entertaining.

everybody should vote according to their own opinions.

I regret having started this. I thought it would be more about mathematics, but it's mostly about the class issues, school corruption and bullying. Maybe I'll finish it, but should have checked out the writer before starting. I dropped Jekyll, Hyde and Me at the 7th ep. Have arrived at the same "no more of this" feeling at 7th ep of Melancholia. I'm so disappointed that they went back to the horrendous school environment as grown ups. Expected this to shift to their grown up lives and real maths research. There's not enough intelligence in the drama really, or what there is is just a failed effort to come across as intelligent. The dialogues are lacking in depth. The FL is oddly stonefaced all the time. Choi Do Hyun is pretty similar in all his roles. FLs father, the math professor, seems like the only really sympathetic character. There are so many better dramas about class divisions and school corruption, like Extraordinary You and School 2017 which I'd really recommend instead of this also for the romance dimension.